TELe - Officially announced

Alignment map of the Thomson-East Coast Line Extension (TELe).
Source: LTA

Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced a 14km extension to the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL). The extension consists of 1 new station at Changi Terminal 5 and new tunnels of 7.6km that will connect the 6th phase of the line to the existing stations along the Changi Airport Line (CAL). The three existing stations along the 6.4km long CAL will be absorbed into the TEL as well.

T316 - Changi bound tunnel completed

 

November 2024
Source: LinkedIn

Earlier, we posted that tunneling for the Woodlands-bound tunnel under contract T316 had been completed in late October. We have recently come across a photo indicating that tunneling on the Changi-bound (in future Tanah Merah-bound) tunnel was completed this month as well. Congratulations to the Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co team on the successful completion of both bounds!

This post will also be available on Instagram & Facebook.

T316 - Woodlands bound tunnel completed

 

27 October 2024 - 1421 tunnel rings completed for the Woodlands-bound tunnel under
contract T316.
Source: Instagram

Recently, the team came across a small update for the TEL Extension contract T316 which was for the construction of twin bored tunnels connecting to the existing Changi Airport MRT station from the vicinity of the future Terminal 5. On the 27th October, tunnel boring works for the Woodlands-bound tunnel were completed with 1421 rings constructed. A hearty congratulations to the Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co on the achievement!

This post will also be available on Instagram & Facebook on 15 November 2024.

T3206 - Conversion of the Changi Airport Line

 

Today the Land Transport Authority (LTA) placed contract T3206 up for tender. Judging from the contract title, it can be expected that this would concern the conversion of the existing 6-car, 4-doors per side per car line into a 4-car, 5-doors per side configuration. To do this, the signaling system for the line may need to be changed out or upgraded and the platform screen gates and doors changed out to meet the door opening locations as well.

Changi Airport branch line takeover

With the release of the Land Transport Master Plan for 2040, the Land Transport Authority officially unveiled that the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) will take over the existing Changi Airport branch line of the East West Line (EWL). As part of the take over, conversion works will need to be done to the existing Changi Airport, Expo & Tanah Merah stations to accommodate the TEL rolling stock's differing dimensions. The current rolling stock used on the EWL features 6-car trains with 4-doorways per side. However, the TEL stock features 4-cars with 5-doorways per side. As such, the platform screen doors and gates will require retrofitting in order for the doorways to align properly.

The works will take some time, with the line take over likely coinciding with the on-going works at Tanah Merah station and the Expo-junction with the existing Changi depot and upcoming East Coast integrated depot.